Modern Myths, Locked Minds

Secularism and Fundamentalism in India

Second Edition

T.N. Madan

Description

Secularism is one of the important and contentious public debates in India today. It is seen to be in greater crisis now than ever before, making a case for the continuing presence of this book. The debate also furnishes the making of Indian polity and society, given the inter-related development of culture, society and politics in India. It is thus a debate about religious nationalism and fundamentalism as well. Modern Myths, Locked Minds examines the ideologies of secularism and fundamentalism in the setting of the religious traditions of India--Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam. Further insightful comparison of the traditions is offered, each seen over a long period of time, revealing markedly distinctive historical experiences.

This second, paperback
edition comes with a new preface where the author revisits this debate and contemporarizes it for the reader. Also included are two new appendices on secularism.

Modern Myths, Locked Minds

Secularism and Fundamentalism in India

Second Edition

T.N. Madan

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1. Introduction: Scope, Concepts, Method2. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism3. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalisms, Old and New4. Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism5. Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism6. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralis7. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Revivalism and Fundamentalis8. The Crisis of Indian SecularismEpilogueAppendix I: Secularism in its PlaceAppendix II: Secularism Revisited: Doctrine of Destiny or Political Ideology?Glossary

Modern Myths, Locked Minds

Secularism and Fundamentalism in India

Second Edition

T.N. Madan

Author Information

T.N. Madan is Honorary Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in India.